Friday, October 06, 2006

Aliens cause global warming

Well not really.

There is yet another theory on Global warming climate change. This one shows proof that cosmic rays from distant stars are influencing the climate of Earth.

An essential role for remote stars in everyday weather on Earth has been revealed by an experiment at the DanishNationalSpaceCenter in Copenhagen. It is already well-established that when cosmic rays, which are high-speed atomic particles originating in exploded stars far away in the Milky Way, penetrate Earth’s atmosphere they produce substantial amounts of ions and release free electrons. Now, results from the Danish experiment show that the released electrons significantly promote the formation of building blocks for cloud condensation nuclei on which water vapour condenses to make clouds. Hence, a causal mechanism by which cosmic rays can facilitate the production of clouds in Earth’s atmosphere has been experimentally identified for the first time.